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1996 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1996 United States presidential election in Nevada

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Nominee Bill Clinton Bob Dole Ross Perot
Party Democratic Republican Reform
Home state Arkansas Kansas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Jack Kemp Pat Choate
Electoral vote 4 0 0
Popular vote 203,974 199,244 43,986
Percentage 43.93% 42.91% 9.47%

County Results

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

A swing state, Nevada was narrowly won by incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton. Clinton took a 43.93% plurality of the popular vote over Republican challenger Bob Dole, who took 42.91%, a victory margin of 1.02%. Reform Party candidate Ross Perot finished in third, with 9.47% of the popular vote.[1]

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last presidential election in which any candidate won Nevada without carrying Washoe County, and the last time Mineral County voted Democratic.[2] Clinton became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying White Pine County since Grover Cleveland in 1892.

Results

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1996 United States presidential election in Nevada
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent) 203,974 43.93% 4
Republican Bob Dole 199,244 42.91% 0
Reform Ross Perot 43,986 9.47% 0
N/A None of these Candidates 5,608 1.21% 0
Green Ralph Nader 4,730 1.02% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 4,460 0.96% 0
Independent American Howard Phillips 1,732 0.37% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin 545 0.12% 0
Totals 464,279 100.00% 4

Results by county

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County Bill Clinton[3]
Democratic
Bob Dole[3]
Republican
Ross Perot[3]
Reform
No Candidate[3]
None of the Above
Ralph Nader[3]
Green
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Carson City 7,269 38.64% 9,168 48.73% 1,591 8.46% 272 1.45% 263 1.40% 251 1.33% -1,899 -10.09% 18,814
Churchill 2,282 29.40% 4,369 56.28% 821 10.58% 125 1.61% 56 0.72% 110 1.42% -2,087 -26.88% 7,763
Clark 127,963 48.71% 103,431 39.37% 23,177 8.82% 2,655 1.01% 1,902 0.72% 3,582 1.36% 24,532 9.34% 262,710
Douglas 5,109 31.73% 8,828 54.83% 1,486 9.23% 211 1.31% 230 1.43% 236 1.47% -3,719 -23.10% 16,100
Elko 3,149 26.56% 6,512 54.92% 1,539 12.98% 195 1.64% 92 0.78% 370 3.12% -3,363 -28.36% 11,857
Esmeralda 140 25.64% 277 50.73% 91 16.67% 14 2.56% 7 1.28% 17 3.11% -137 -25.09% 546
Eureka 158 22.97% 412 59.88% 90 13.08% 17 2.47% 4 0.58% 7 1.02% -254 -36.91% 688
Humboldt 1,467 31.96% 2,334 50.85% 603 13.14% 82 1.79% 41 0.89% 63 1.37% -867 -18.89% 4,590
Lander 660 29.80% 1,107 49.98% 361 16.30% 37 1.67% 14 0.63% 36 1.63% -447 -20.18% 2,215
Lincoln 499 27.99% 936 52.50% 255 14.30% 40 2.24% 10 0.56% 43 2.41% -437 -24.51% 1,783
Lyon 3,419 35.25% 4,753 49.01% 1,104 11.38% 134 1.38% 113 1.17% 176 1.81% -1,334 -13.76% 9,699
Mineral 1,068 46.07% 814 35.12% 361 15.57% 34 1.47% 23 0.99% 18 0.78% 254 10.95% 2,318
Nye 3,300 35.83% 3,979 43.20% 1,544 16.76% 150 1.63% 56 0.61% 182 1.98% -679 -7.37% 9,211
Pershing 565 36.01% 743 47.36% 203 12.94% 28 1.78% 15 0.96% 15 0.96% -178 -11.35% 1,569
Storey 614 37.10% 705 42.60% 244 14.74% 30 1.81% 37 2.24% 25 1.51% -91 -5.50% 1,655
Washoe 44,915 41.11% 49,477 45.28% 9,970 9.12% 1,518 1.39% 1,838 1.68% 1,548 1.42% -4,562 -4.17% 109,266
White Pine 1,397 39.97% 1,399 40.03% 546 15.62% 66 1.89% 29 0.83% 58 1.66% -2 -0.06% 3,495
Totals 203,974 43.93% 199,244 42.91% 43,986 9.47% 5,608 1.21% 4,730 1.02% 6,737 1.45% 4,730 1.02% 464,279

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Independent to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1996 Presidential General Election Results – Nevada". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. ^ a b c d e Our Campaigns; NV US President 1996